HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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There was a massive air attack by the Russians that wiped out most of Napoleons army
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Russia’s scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army
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The Battle of the Bulge wiped out most of Napoleons army
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The newly formed United States allied with Russia to wipe out most of Napoleons army
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Detailed explanation-1: -The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon’s Grande Armée of more than 500, 000 European troops. They simply retreated into the Russian interior. The Grande Armée did not have the supplies or the distribution networks required for such a long march.
Detailed explanation-2: -The desperate Russians, however, adopted a “scorched-earth” policy: whenever they retreated, they burned the places they left behind. Napoleon’s army had trouble finding supplies, and it grew progressively weaker the farther it marched.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Allies responded by forming a Seventh Coalition, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. The British exiled him to the remote island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic, where he died in 1821 at the age of 51.